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June 17, 2014

Top Ten Tuesday (69)

Usually my summer TBR
lists are full of contemporary books that take place at the beach.Y’all should know by now I love a good
theme.This year, though, so many of the
books I’m looking forward to do not fit that mold – and I'm trying to be okay with that.

1.Isla and
the Happily Ever After – Stephanie Perkins

It
feels like I’ve been waiting my whole
ever after for this freaking book.I
can’t wait for it to finally grace my shelves.

From the glittering streets
of Manhattan to the moonlit rooftops of Paris, falling in love is easy for
hopeless dreamer Isla and introspective artist Josh. But as they begin their
senior year in France, Isla and Josh are quickly forced to confront the
heartbreaking reality that happily-ever-afters aren’t always forever.Their romantic journey is skillfully intertwined
with those of beloved couples Anna and Étienne and Lola and Cricket, whose
paths are destined to collide in a sweeping finale certain to please fans old
and new.

2.Silver
Shadows – Richelle Mead

Gimmie.Gimmie now.How is anyone that read Fiery
waiting patiently for this book?Because
I passed patient a couple miles back.

In The Fiery Heart, Sydney risked everything to follow her gut, walking a dangerous line
to keep her feelings hidden from the Alchemists.Now in the aftermath of an event that ripped
their world apart, Sydney and Adrian struggle to pick up the pieces and find
their way back to each other. But first, they have to survive. For Sydney, trapped and surrounded by
adversaries, life becomes a daily struggle to hold on to her identity and the
memories of those she loves. Meanwhile, Adrian clings to hope in the face of
those who tell him Sydney is a lost cause, but the battle proves daunting as
old demons and new temptations begin to seize hold of him. . . .Their
worst fears now a chilling reality, Sydney and Adrian face their darkest hour
in this heart-pounding fifth installment in the New York Times bestselling
Bloodlines series, where all bets are off.

3.Glory
O’Brien’s History of the Future – A.S. King

One
of the only books that I refused to leave BEA without.

Graduating from high school
is a time of limitless possibilities—but not for Glory, who has no plan for
what's next. Her mother committed suicide when Glory was only four years old,
and she’s never stopped wondering if she will eventually go the same
way...until a transformative night when she begins to experience an astonishing
new power to see a person’s infinite past and future. From ancient ancestors to
many generations forward, Glory is bombarded with visions—and what she sees
ahead of her is terrifying.A tyrannical new leader raises an army. Women’s
rights disappear. A violent second civil war breaks out. And young girls vanish
daily, sold off or interned in camps. Glory makes it her mission to record
everything she sees, hoping her notes will somehow make a difference. She may
not see a future for herself, but she’ll do everything in her power to make
sure this one doesn’t come to pass.

4.Famous in
Love – Rebecca Serle

I’ve
always wanted to read Rebecca Serle, but just haven’t gotten there yet.Luckily I picked this one up at BEA (and got
to meet her!) and I can’t wait to check it out!

Meet Paige Townsen, Rainer
Devon, and Jordan Wilder…When Paige Townsen, a young unknown, gets cast
in the movie adaptation of a blockbuster book series, her life changes
practically overnight. Within a month, Paige has traded the quiet streets of
her hometown for a crowded movie set on the shores of Maui, and is spending
quality time with her co-star Rainer Devon, one of People’s Sexiest Men Alive.
But when troubled star Jordan Wilder lands the role of the other point in the
movie’s famous love triangle, Paige’s crazy new life gets even crazier.In this coming-of-age romance inspired by the
kind of celeb hookups that get clever nicknames and a million page views, Paige
must figure out who she is – and who she wants – while the whole world watches.

Loved
the original series, loved the first of this series, I’m sure I’ll love this
one too.

Jessica Darling is getting
the hang of seventh grade -- finally! While her old BFF, Bridget, is busy
talking (nonstop) about her new boyfriend, Burke, Jessica tries to fit in with
her new friends, Sara, Manda, and Hope. The IT List instructions from her sister,
Bethany, and an epic slumber party may help Jessica secure her spot in the cool
clique, but does she even want it?

6.The Darkest Part of the Forest –
Holly Black

Anything
by Holly Black is an automatic must read.

Children can have a cruel,
absolute sense of justice. Children can kill a monster and feel quite proud of
themselves. A girl can look at her brother and believe they’re destined to be a
knight and a bard who battle evil. She can believe she’s found the thing she’s
been made for.Hazel lives with her brother, Ben, in the
strange town of Fairfold where humans and fae exist side by side. The faeries’
seemingly harmless magic attracts tourists, but Hazel knows how dangerous they
can be, and she knows how to stop them. Or she did, once.At the center of it all, there is a glass coffin
in the woods. It rests right on the ground and in it sleeps a boy with horns on
his head and ears as pointed as knives. Hazel and Ben were both in love with
him as children. The boy has slept there for generations, never waking.Until one day, he does…As the world turns upside down, Hazel tries to
remember her years pretending to be a knight. But swept up in new love,
shifting loyalties, and the fresh sting of betrayal, will it be enough?

7.Forever – Maggie Steifvater

I
started this series a million years ago and now that I have Sinner, I really need to finish it.

then.When Sam met Grace, he was a wolf and she was a
girl. Eventually he found a way to become a boy, and their loved moved from
curious distance to the intense closeness of shared lives.

now.That should have been the end of their story.
But Grace was not meant to stay human. Now she is the wolf. And the wolves of
Mercy Falls are about to be killed in one final, spectacular hunt.

forever.Sam would do anything for Grace. But can one boy
and one love really change a hostile, predatory world? The past, the present,
and the future are about to collide in one pure moment - a moment of death or
life, farewell or forever.

8.Crown of Midnight –
Sarah Maas

I
loved Throne of Glass so much and somehow I never got to the second one. That will change this summer.

From the throne of glass
rules a king with a fist of iron and a soul black as pitch. Assassin Celaena
Sardothien won a brutal contest to become his Champion. Yet Celaena is far from
loyal to the crown. She hides her secret vigilantly; she knows that the man she
serves is bent on evil.Keeping up the deadly charade becomes
increasingly difficult when Celaena realizes she is not the only one seeking
justice. As she tries to untangle the mysteries buried deep within the glass
castle, her closest relationships suffer. It seems no one is above questioning
her allegiances—not the Crown Prince Dorian; not Chaol, the Captain of the
Guard; not even her best friend, Nehemia, a foreign princess with a rebel
heart.Then one terrible night, the secrets they have
all been keeping lead to an unspeakable tragedy. As Celaena's world shatters,
she will be forced to give up the very thing most precious to her and decide
once and for all where her true loyalties lie...and whom she is ultimately
willing to fight for.

9.Guy in Real Life –
Steve Brezenoff

Another BEA acquisition and it sounds awesome.

It is
Labor Day weekend in Saint Paul, Minnesota, and boy and girl collide on a dark
street at two thirty in the morning: Lesh, who wears black, listens to metal,
and plays MMOs; Svetlana, who embroiders her skirts, listens to Björk and
Berlioz, and dungeon masters her own RPG. They should pick themselves up,
continue on their way, and never talk to each other again.But they don't.This is a story of two people who do not belong
in each other's lives, who find each other at a time when they desperately need
someone who doesn't belong in their lives. A story of those moments when we act
like people we aren't in order to figure out who we are. A story of the roles
we all play-at school, at home, with our friends, and without our friends-and
the one person who might show us what lies underneath it all.

10.Tape – Steven Camden

Yet another BEA find, and let me tell you, I’m
an eighties baby - the way to my heart is definitely through cassette tapes.

Record a
voice and it lasts forever…In 1993, Ryan records a diary on an old tape. He
talks about his mother’s death, about his dreams, about his love for a new girl
at school who doesn’t even know he exists.In 2013, Ameliah moves in with her grandmother
after her parents die. There, she finds a tape in the spare room. A tape with a
boy’s voice on it – a voice she can’t quite hear, but which seems to be
speaking to her.Ryan and Ameliah are connected by more than just
a tape.This is their story.

So
that’s what I’ll be reading this summer, after I finish The Mortal Instruments
(and The Infernal Devices – what have I gotten myself into?)What are you excited to read this summer?

2 comments:

Great Top Ten! Silver Shadows is definitely on my list as well! I'm very impatient to read what happens next and I only read Fiery Heart in May!lol Of course since my sister is going to buy it I have to wait until after she's done with it to read it myself. Thankfully she is a much faster reader than myself.

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